The Bangor Daily News reported the resignation Friday of former UMaine President Robert Kennedy, who left Maine in June 2011 to become president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education in Connecticut. The article said Kennedy was pressured to resign amid a controversy in Connecticut over several actions by Kennedy, including the improper authorization […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Reuters report on the Fox Business and Chicago Tribune websites that appeared before the vice presidential debate. Brewer predicted Biden would be much more aggressive than Obama was in his first debate against Mitt Romney last week. Comments from UMaine political scientist Amy Fried were included […]
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An article in the coastal Penobscot Bay Press about how general obligation bonds would be used should voters approve the referendum Question 2 next month notes that $7.8 million would be used to build a new a biologically secure animal and plant diagnostic facility at UMaine. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine history professor Nathan Godfried was quoted in an Associated Press article about thousands of pages of Robert F. Kennedy documents made public this week by the National Archives and Records Administration. Godfried said the newly released records are of particular interest to historians who will use them to reconstruct the past. The […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a profile of University of Maine professor emeritus Hal Borns, a long-time geologist at the university who retired in 2004 after 50 years on the UMaine faculty. Borns, the first director of what is now the Climate Change Institute, continues to work and maintain an office on campus at age […]
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Comments from Amy Fried, a UMaine political scientist, were included in a Seacoast Online newspaper report on how media buys are impacting the race for Maine’s open U.S. Senate seat. Fried says the campaigns are taking a different shape in Maine compared to the rest of the country as pro-Republican groups are promoting the Democrat […]
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“See Touch Hear,” an exhibit currently at Aysmmetrick Arts gallery in Rockland by three UMaine students pursuing interdisciplinary doctoral degrees, was reviewed by the Free Press, a mid-coast community newspaper. The article says participatory or interactive art is becoming more common, and gives viewers a chance to “complete and give life to art on their […]
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University of Maine School of Economics Director George Criner was interviewed recently for a Channel 7 (WVII) report on the slow recovery of the Maine economy and housing sales. Criner said home buyers have benefited from lower housing costs resulting from the economy. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 5 (WABI) covered a conference Tuesday at the University of Maine held for industry workers, university researchers and others to discuss common problems facing the state’s forest industry. Jeffrey Benjamin, a professor of forest operations who was interviewed for the report, said stakeholders should be communicative to determine ways to fully utilize resources that […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) covered the 2012 Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival held Tuesday at UMaine. The event, which is sponsored by the university in conjunction with the Maine Center for Disease Control, Verso Paper and Maine Department of Environmental Protection, is designed to creatively educate school students about the importance of clean water and healthy […]
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